Sarah Hayes | Consultant & Chair of Data Sharing Working Group
Independent

Sarah Hayes, Consultant & Chair of Data Sharing Working Group, Independent

Sarah is an economist and a data and digitalisation expert and has worked internationally across energy, ICT, water and transport sectors over the last twenty five years. She was the lead author of Data for the Public Good, a report about the need to share infrastructure data, which was published by the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) in December 2017. She set up CReDo, a digital twin to increase resilience across the infrastructure system and continues to support the development of CReDo. Sarah chairs a weekly Data Sharing Working Group comprised of thought leaders and practitioners across the data sharing space, who discuss different data sharing initiatives and the requirements to advance the development of data sharing infrastructure.

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Connected Britain 2025 - Day 2 @ 14:10

Connected utilities

  • How are utilities using digital connectivity and smart metering to improve efficiency, resilience, and service delivery? 
  • What infrastructure, data, and technology partnerships are enabling integrated, intelligent utility systems? 
  • How can cross-sector collaboration (e.g. utilities, telecoms & tech, local authorities) help unlock the full potential of connected utilities? 
last published: 12/Sep/25 14:25 GMT

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